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In our unique free-to-attend online Snacking Innovation Summit, FoodNavigator-USA and BakeryandSnacks have brought together market researchers, retailers, and the founders of some of the most successful snacking brands in the business to talk about:what...

Consumers love to indulge but they won’t compromise on health. On the surface, this is bad news for the bakery sector – loved for its sugar icing, butter pastry layers and salty savory bites.But dig deeper and there are plenty of innovative ingredients,...

Consumers want foods that are ‘wholesome’, ‘authentic’, and above all ‘natural’, although few of them can articulate what this means.And they are not alone. Regulators have not had a good stab at defining ‘natural’ either. The US Food and Drug Administration...

Bread, cake and biscuit brand owners along with cereal and snack makers are still facing a challenging market climate, particularly with higher raw material costs. The industry has to remain focused on maintaining its margins, managing its cost base and...

The Topic:Attracted by its natural, low calorie profile, food manufacturers across the industry are turning to stevia but it is the market for snacks and non-alcoholic drinks that is leading the way.Mintel data shows that snacks made up 38.5% of new stevia-sweetened...

The Topic:Lowering sodium content in bread brings with it significant technological challenges for the industry as sodium plays a major role in dough formation, fermentation rate, flavour and eating properties of bread.Several strategies have been tried...

The Topic:Bread, baked goods and breakfast cereals are increasingly stepping into the functional food arena, with consumers increasing leaning towards more nutritious products even in the staple food categories.Indeed, bakery and cereals account for almost...

Unless there is a last-minute stay of execution a la botanicals, around 200 probiotic health claim rebuffs are set to become law across the European Union in the first quarter of 2012. Six months after that, local inspectors will have carte blanche to...

Probiotics are commonly known for their digestive health -But there many other applications for probiotics that include oral health, weight management, brain health, constipation, IBS and many more. This session will cover the other beneficial applications...

Everyone watches Europe and North America, but things are changing fast in other parts of the world too – you only have to scan the BRIC countries not to mention Latin America and Asia to see that. Is a ‘shared view’ realistic on a global basis? This...

The food industry has become increasingly focused on developing different 'what if' scenarios when reformulating or developing new food and drink products to predict the levels of microbial growth using methods such as challenge testing. We...

Active Packaging is an exciting area of development for the extension of shelf life and involves the use of materials which can actively reduce the levels of oxygen or even reduce the microbial count within the pack. We ask what are the factors affecting...

High pressure processing (HPP) is one of the most exciting new technologies, opening up considerable opportunities at a time when the food industry is focused on meeting growing consumer demand for minimally processed foods. But while there is great interest...